Tales about dating again at forty, relationships, writing, motherhood, and other horrific, but possibly rewarding adventures.

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June and July were busy months and I looked forward to a trip to the woods with my kids, parents, and my sister and her kids. Every year my kids and I vacation in Plain, Washington and I looked forward to sharing this region with my extended family. The key to great family vacations (for […]
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Leave A Message at the BEEP! July 26th, 2014, 7:00 pm The Twilight Gallery & Boutique, 4306 SW Alaska Street, Seattle, WA. Leave a Message at the Beep is a multi-genre reading featuring poets, playwrights, novelist, & hybrid writers. The reading seeks to be a reflection of what is often not reflected. Saturday’s roster is: […]
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50 for $500 Complete developmental edit of the first fifty pages of your manuscript (double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 point) and a half an hour consultation (via skype, phone or in person) with Corbin for only $500. The first fifty pages are the most crucial pages or your manuscript, therefore the most difficult to write. […]
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The end of the school year approached along with a tremendous amount of agitation. I felt like I did when I first got divorced, back when I bought a punching bag, threw rocks and feverishly exercised every day to release some of my frantic energy. But what am I nervous about now? I wondered. I […]
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When G. Elizabeth Kretchmer invited me to participate in this blog hop, I said “sure” because I liked the sound of the words “blog hop.” After a year of cancer treatment, “fun” has become a priority for me, so with images of dancing and hopping, I joined the blog hop. Ends up, a blog hop […]
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Cancer, Violence, and Wildflowers: How Therapeutic and Wellness Writing Changed My Life Back in 2007-2008, my world was crumbling. The US economy had tanked, and the City of Bend, Oregon¾an idyllic little town, population around 80,000 at the time, which was nestled in the eastern shadow of the Cascade Mountains and which was where […]
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After radiation was over, many people said, “You’re done! That must feel great.” Yet, I didn’t feel great and I certainly didn’t feel done. “If anything, I feel as if I’m just beginning,” I told my friend Diane. “For the past ten months I’ve been on autopilot following the doctors orders. Now I have to […]
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I often find when my life is going smoothly, I have nothing to write about. My thoughts appear pedantic, the plot is lackluster and worst of all, I think “happy” stories appear unbelievable. I assume the reader will think I’m in denial, or a shallow writer. For this is what I think about such essays […]
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